Sometimes being in my kitchen is like a comedy of errors, nothing wanted to go right with this cake. Our air conditioner has been barely working for months and we had a heat wave in September during my son's party. It was 90°F and with no working air conditioner and 5 crock-pots running all day for the chili buffet, it was just a bit hot in the house. Which means the marshmallow cream for this cake melted. I was so frustrated by the end I forgot to take a good photograph of the cake, so please forgive the cellphone photo. I almost didn't post this recipe, but the cake was just so cool I had to share, even if it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted.

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Update 26 January 2014 - It seems that not everyone is getting the same size figures I did when I ordered mine in August 2013 and the difference in size is causing problems. I originally ordered Rhode Island Novelty Assorted Dinosaur Fossil Skeleton 5-6" Figures, 12-Piece from ToysNGamesEtc. They are quite a bit smaller than currently listed in the description, closer to 3-4" and come in a small zipper bag with a blue edge (see photos below.) It took some time, but I finally found my original package of dinosaurs. Who knew a 2 year old could have so many hiding places for his toys? I've also updated my links above, I found another seller who has the same set I purchased last year. If you are still having trouble tracking these down try Dollar Tree or ToysRUs, I've seen similar products sold there on occasion.

Today is the one day I was planning on not spending all day on the internet, but I just got a phone call from my husband and apparently my cake made the front page of the internet. Welcome fellow Redditors, thanks for stopping by to check out my cake.

Redditor AJam has dubbed this Jurrasicake and I think the name rocks (feel free to groan now)

As of 9pm CST there are over 750,000 views on Imgur. Absolutely amazing!

The site has been going down off and on since about 6pm CST. Sorry about that, squarespace is working on the issue and hopefully it will be resolved soon. If you happen to be one of my regular readers, my Friday post has been postponed until the problem has been resolved. I'll keep you all updated via Twitter over the weekend.

Edited 9 November 2013

In 24 hours I've had over 940,000 views on imgur alone, if you add in the likes from I fucking love science that is over 1 million times my image has been viewed, liked, and shared. I'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful comments and messages you've posted. It has been so much fun reading them and hearing how many of you want to make this cake for someone special. If you do make this cake I would love to see photos so contact me through the blog and I'll let you know where to send them. If I get enough I'll do a compilation post at some point in the future.